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February 2019 Omaha, Nebraska Volume 51, Issue 2 Hello Fellow Members! Well, I am back. I need to remind myself that cold wintery weather is very normal for January. I am hoping to have a year of fun and adventure with the shows, tours, and may be an overnighter somewhere. February is the special event of Valenne’s Day. Valenne’s Day is also known as St. Valenne’s Day or Feast of Saint Valenne. Accord- ing to Wikipedia this originated as a “Western Chrisan Feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valennus. It is recog- nized as a significant cultural, re- ligious and commercial celebra- on of romance and romanc love in many regions around the world, although it is not a public holiday in any country. “One story includes a wrien account of St. Valenne of Rome who was impris- oned for performing weddings for soldiers, apparently they were not permied to marry (I did not know that !). (con’t on p.2) President's Message 1 Esther Miller President 402-593-2009 [email protected] Howard Denker VP/Pres-Elect 402-333-1393 popoutomaha @centurylink.net Nancy Hanshaw Secretary 402-423-4448 [email protected] Janet Graves Treasurer 402-453-7166 [email protected] Brian Gernandt Board Member 2019-2020 402-253-1885 [email protected] Jeff Graves Board Member 2019-2020 402-332-9218 dudleygraves @hotmail.com Dave Miller Board Member 2018-2019 402-593-2009 [email protected] Jim Musel Board Member 2018-2019 402-995-1005 jim.musel @hmtrucking.com Bruce Rima Board Member 2019-2020 402-533-8198 [email protected] 2019 Board of Directors 2019 Officers
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February 2019 Omaha, Nebraska Volume 51, Issue 2
Hello Fellow Members! Well, I am back. I need to remind myself that cold wintery weather is very normal for January. I am
hoping to have a year of fun and adventure with the shows, tours, and may be an overnighter somewhere. February is
the special event of Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is also known as St. Valentine’s Day or Feast of Saint Valentine. Accord-ing to Wikipedia this originated as a “Western Christian Feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valentinus. It is recog-nized as a significant cultural, re-ligious and commercial celebra-tion of romance and romantic love in many regions around the world, although it is not a public
holiday in any country. “One story includes a written account of St. Valentine of Rome who was impris-oned for performing weddings for soldiers, apparently they were not permitted to marry (I did not know that !). (con’t on p.2)
President's Message
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Esther Miller President
402-593-2009 [email protected]
Howard Denker VP/Pres-Elect
402-333-1393 popoutomaha
@centurylink.net
Nancy Hanshaw Secretary
402-423-4448 [email protected]
Janet Graves Treasurer
402-453-7166 [email protected]
Brian Gernandt Board Member
2019-2020 402-253-1885
Jeff Graves Board Member
2019-2020 402-332-9218 dudleygraves @hotmail.com
Dave Miller Board Member
2018-2019 402-593-2009
Jim Musel Board Member
2018-2019 402-995-1005
jim.musel @hmtrucking.com
Bruce Rima Board Member
2019-2020 402-533-8198
2019 Board of Directors
2019 Officers
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Upcoming Events
February 2 Ground Hog Day Tour to Unadilla-cancelled-weather didn’t permit
February 9 Regular Meeting at the Elks Lodge
February 21 Eat-out at The Warehouse (see below)
February 23 Bunco Party at Legends (see p. 3)
February 24` Board Meeting at Sump Library in Papillion 2-4PM
Esther’s message continued from p. 1: St. Valentine (according to this source-Wikipedia) ministered to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire. “According to legend (and Wikipedia), before his execution he wrote a letter to the judge’s daughter whom he had cured of her blindness and signed the letter ‘Your Valentine’. Now we move on to Geoffrey Chaucer, you remember the author of “The Canterbury Tales”, this is in the 14thCentury. Courtly love was taking off and romantic love became associated with this “feast”. By the 18th Century, “it evolved into an occasion in which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as Valen-tine’s)” (Wikipedia). And as you can see this has changed to a more commercialized endeavor, but the thoughts of love and kindness are still there.
See you soon,
Esther
The Club’s Eat Out at The Special Restau-rant on January 24th in Bellevue was well attended on that bitterly cold even-ing. They had plenty of menu choices, I had a very hard time deciding and was told by others there that any choice was always good. So we had our comfort food, good fellowship and stories of the past. Mary McKinney brought some old photos that we attempted to figure out who they were. She had one which showed Bob with hair. Those who ven-tured out were: Anne & Jerry Kotlik, Mary
& Bob McKinney, Karen & Don Noodell, Janet & Don Graves, Dot & El Gertner, Susan & Ed Dellinger, Mari-lyn & Mike Cahalane, Jason Suggs, and David Miller and myself (Esther Miller).
February Eat-out at The Warehouse in Bennington
Thursday, February 21 at 6:30PM 15835 Center West Hadan Dr
(Haden Dr. is the Frontage Road south of HWY 36) Lots of great food: Hamburgers, Burritos, Pizza,
Sandwiches, Salads, & More Please sign up at the meeting or call Jim Musel
(402-995-1005, [email protected])
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Upcoming Events
Weather didn’t permit Tour to Groundhog Day Parade in Unadilla, NE As we go to press, the temperature is below zero in Nebraska. It’s supposed to be warmer by Saturday, but we decided to wait until another year.
Keep Your “A” Running and Also Protected Learn how to protect your wiring from shorts, while still making it look period correct. The November – December issue of The Model A News talked about putting fuses in a Model A to protect it from shorts that at best could leave your car Found On Road Dead, or worse with a wiring fire, or even worse. Get an early briefing on the next article that will appear in the January – February issue of the Model A News that clarifies a better way to install fuses. Howard Denker
We are going to add something new to the meetings this year. We are going to have a Split the Pot Raffle at the General Meetings. The raffle tickets will be for sale prior to and during the meetings. The drawing will occur at the completion of the meeting with the winner getting half of the nights pot as a reward and the other half going to the club treas-ury. Must be present to win. Tickets will be sold for the follow prices
o 1 ticket for $1 o 3 tickets for $2 o 8 tickets for $5 o 18 tickets for $10
Saturday, February 23 Come Roll the Dice and Have a Good Time If you haven’t played Bunco before, don’t worry!
It does not take any skill. All you have to do is be able to roll 3 dice
Our Bunco Party will be at Legends at Aksarben, 6920 Pacific (It’s where Venice Inn used to be located)
Not everyone is expected to buy food and drinks, but we do have to meet a minimum to get the room for free.
We have the room from 6:30-9:30PM Plan to come at 6:30PM (not earlier) to eat.
Be there by 7:30PM if you are going to play BUNCO
Please sign up or contact Jeff Graves (402-332-9218,
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Volume 51, Issue 2 January 12 Banquet at Farmer Brown’s —Good Food and Good Company
Sorry that we didn’t
quite catch a photo of everyone.
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Volume 51, Issue 2
Installation of Officers Installation of Officers
Family of the Year Don & Janet Graves
Banquet Presentations—Fun and Serious
Thanks to Out-going President Bob McKinney
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Volume 51, Issue 2 Member News
Contact Mary McKinney (402-332-3993; [email protected]
if you have any member news, good or bad, that you would like to share.
Members’ Birthdays and Anniversaries
February Day Name Event
16 Jack & Kayla Sanford Anniversary
18 Bob Benton Birthday
19 Lucy Lorence Birthday
23 Leroy Rima Birthday
March Day Name Event
1 Larry & Elaine Blecha Anniversary
1 Shizuko Chase Birthday
8 Esther Miller Birthday
15 Dot Gertner Birthday
15 Melody Grigsby Birthday
18 Lee & Carol Hendrix Anniversary
18 Bob & Trish Rand Anniversary
22 Daniel Vance Birthday
27 Dale Freyer Birthday
29 El & Dot Gertner Anniversary
29 Emily Leddy Birthday
30 Dave Miller Birthday
Who Drove the Most Miles in 2018? Congratulations to John and Kristy Leddy who drove 2,119 Miles in 2018. 2nd Place: Bob & Mary McKinney, who drove 2, 105 miles in 2018. 3rd Place: Ed & Susan Dellinger, who drove 1,803 miles in 2018
Here is the “Bob with Hair” photo that Esther mentioned. The note on the back says: “Bob McKinney with his fourth flat tire! Coming back from Norfolk. Oct. 1981” thanks to Mike and Kathy Baker (son and daughter-in-law of former members Don & Barb Baker) for sharing their photos.
MAFCA suggestion for New Year's Resolution
"Drive Your Model A At Least Once In Every Month"
Hm. They must live in California
Total Knee Replacement seems to be contagious.
This week, Anne Kotlik is having one. Our thoughts
and prayers with Anne for a fast recovery.
Looking for a Home! Our Club Library has been housed at the McKinney’s home for 10 years. Mary has decided that she would like to let someone else house it for a while. It consists of many issues of The Restorer (MAFCA magazine) and Model A News (MARC magazine) and several books and a few videos. It comes with a bookcase. The only responsibility that goes with housing the library is bringing a piece to a meeting now and then if someone requests it. If you want to know more about what this involves, talk to Mary McKinney.
Please patronize our advertisers and tell them you saw their ad in our newsletter.
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Wanted: 3 more ads for this page. Business card size ads cost $24/year. The ads are displayed here and on our Newsletter web page. Let the Newsletter Editor know if you have a good lead.
This is the official publication of the Meadowlark Chapter.
Members may publish at no cost, ads for items wanted, for
sale, or trade. They are also invited to submit technical
Model A information and other interesting tidbits. Material
should reach the editor by the last Saturday of the month.
The Newsletter Editor is Janet Graves
([email protected], 402-453-7166)
Monthly meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month (except January) at 6:30PM
2019 meetings will be at the Elks Lodge 6410 S 96th ST
UNLESS we get “bumped.” Be sure to watch the newsletter for changes.
Club Address: PO Box 6011, Omaha, NE 68106
The Meadowlark Club is a chapter of both national clubs.
MAFCA http://www.mafca.com/
MARC http://www.modelaford.org/
Membership dues for the Meadowlark Club are $24.00 per year. Membership
in one of the national clubs is required. You may join both national clubs if
you wish. MAFCA dues are $50.00 per year and MARC dues are $45.00 per
year.
Prospective Members: Please call Membership Chairman,
Don Graves, (402-453-7166) for more information. Club web address: http://meadowlarks.omahaneb.org
Club web master: Janet Graves ([email protected]) Newsletter editor: Janet Graves ([email protected])
2019 Officers
President Esther Miller 402-593-2009 [email protected]
VP/Pres-Elect Howard Denker 402-333-1393 [email protected]
Secretary Nancy Hanshaw 402-423-4448 [email protected]
Treasurer Janet Graves 402-453-7166 [email protected]
2019 Board of Directors
Brian Gernandt 402-253-1885 [email protected]
Jeff Graves 402-332-9218 [email protected]
Dave Miller 402-593-2009 [email protected]
Jim Musel 402-995-1005 [email protected]
Bruce Rima 402-533-8198 [email protected]
We have decided to continue hav-ing our general meetings at the Elks Lodge for 2019. If you hear of a meeting place that might work for us after that, be sure to mention it to a Board Member.
